I have been using SmugMug for some time and just recently moved over to Zenfolio because of the ease of use. One thing I miss since leaving SmugMug is support for tracking visitors via StatCounter.

Are there any plans for adding that functionality. I think it is more robust than Google Analytics. 

Joe

I would agree with this. Google Analytics is a decent (and free) tool, but it is not a very comprehensive means of tracking visitor statistics on the site. If there is a way to integrate other stat tracking tools, please share.

I want Statcounter, too.  If we can't get that, then how about the option to add source code to our page footer where the stat counter code needs to reside.  I abhor Google Analytics.  I just spent 10 minutes learning how to create a filter, for example, to remove my own IP from my site counts.  I learned how to do the same thing in Stat Counter is about 10 seconds.  I won't drone on about all the reasons why Statcounter is better, but we NEED this zen people. PLEASE. HELP. 

I don't think it would be all that difficult to code in much the same you code for a Google Analytics UA number - basically it would be a variable substitution for a Statcounter sc_project and sc_invisible (I've replaced mine with "xxxxxxxx" and "yyyyyyy"):

<!-- Start of StatCounter Code for Default Guide -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var sc_project=xxxxxxxxxx;
var sc_invisible=1;
var sc_security="yyyyyyyyy";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script>
<noscript><div class="statcounter"><a title="tumblr
statistics" href="http://statcounter.com/tumblr/"
target="_blank"><img class="statcounter"
src="http://c.statcounter.com/xxxxxxxx/0/yyyyyyyyy/1/"
alt="tumblr statistics"></a></div></noscript>
<!-- End of StatCounter Code for Default Guide -->

Any comments from zen on what it would take to get this done?

Thanks.

I got all excited when I saw this thread title.  The word "added" (as in past-tense) did it.  I, too, would love to have StatCounter. 

Vote for it at the feature request site!

~Katie

Hi

As a new Zenfolio person, I also want to use Stat counter to keep all my websites stats in the same place.

Can you tell me if there is a way yet to add it on the home page?

Much thanks,

Sherry

Hi Sherry,

Zenfolio has not, as yet, added support for Statcounter.  If you have not already done so, you might consider jumping over to the feature request voting page and lending that request one or more of your ten votes (all members get 10 votes to vote for feature requests).  The link for that feature request is:

http://zenfolio.uservoice.com/forums/75695-feature-suggestions/suggestions/1214125-statcounter

~Katie

I'm genuinely curious about what statcounter does that google analytics does not--or what it does better. Most people doing internet searches are using google, so it seems counterintuitive that  google wouldn't have more information at its disposal and provide more detailed reporting. What am I missing ?

Speaking for myself, my favorite feature of StatCounter is the "Visitor Path" display. 
Here is a screen-capture of what kind of info I get from it for my blog site.  I went back a few days to get a screen capture with a bit of diversity in how visitors arrived.

I can see which page of what referring site a visitor was on when they clicked on my link to my blog (such as thread on zenfolio in the first logged visit below), search terms and engines and how my page ranks for those search terms, where visitors are from, and which pages of the site they visited once they arrived  all one one screen. 

So I can see where a visitor is, how they arrived, and what they did when they arrived all at once.

~Katie

Thanks a lot Katie. I see what you mean now--GA doesn't seem to (at least conveniently) collate the data in the same way. I think for me that although I don't get massive unique hits per day (maybe 40-50), seeing it broken down by visitor (including what there pathway was) would be incredibly time consuming ! GA does have the 'Visitor Flow' view, though, which graphically shows how an aggregate of people flow through your site-but it's only useful for showing the flow over a period of time.

Thank you Katie, I did add my votes to the features request!

Christopher, you do not have to view Stat Counter like Katie did that is just her choice-there are many ways to view the information-my favorite is Visitor Activity.

Just a question-if you have your home page as an external homepage wouldn't you be able to add the code there?

Sherry

Yes, Visitor Path is just one of many great tools for which there isn't a matching feature on GA.  GA is better than nothing, but I don't find it as useful, for me, as StatCounter.

You could do an external homepage with StatCounter Code, but you'd only get stats for that page.

~Katie

Katie, I think if your other pages were all custom pages you would be able to add the code, but it sort of defeats the purpose of buying into Zenfolio.

Yes, statcounter is heads above GA. I do not understand why we are forced into GA being our only option especially when many of us over such a long period of time have asked for a way to use statcounter. I'm shocked that it still has not been incorporated. 

All we need is to be able to to add an html widget, just like on the custom pages. It can't be that hard to add the option.

Be sure to go to the feature request site and vote!

~Katie